NZ trout fishing frustrations!

Well, well, today I went trout fishing with John Hamill. Which, was totally coincidental, Kelly as i didn't contact you're dad, and Uncle Mike did... completely by coincidence! I had loads of fun even though I was unable to bring trout to hand due to bad casting and lousy hook sets, I did however get some very subtle takes… they were so subtle that the indicator didn’t even twitch! Today was one of the days that I wish I was taller, we had to climb around a whole lot, up the banks and all that kind of stuff. It is good to be small (which I am) but it’s possibly better to be tall and lanky so that its much easier to climb up the banks!! Trout fishing is challenging! The fish were so so picky about flies and taking them, it seemed to me to be that they wanted. For the record of my poor trout fishing skills when sight casting, I messed up 8 shots. Sight casting seems to me to be very challenging but extremely fun and requires great perseverance, as well as super quick, quiet and accurate presentation skills. Apparently this afternoon, water was slightly discoloured, due to recent rains! I thought it was really, really clear, especially when compared to the murky Singapore water. Apparently the rain had flushed many large fish back into the lake which accounted for the low number fish per unit area and unwillingness to feed... well, i'll keep trying to catch a trout... i think i'll have to do it in the south island though...

Having had a long and hot afternoon challenging fishing, we drove back to Uncle Mike’s house and detoured at his neighbour’s place to have a look at his and his daughter’s house. It was beautiful, set on the high banks of the Waikato river, it had many recycled materials in it such as recycled wood to make the fireplace, a butcher’s table in the middle, and such like. It was a wonderful house! There were many trees behind the house and they were building a Bed and breakfast! The cabin was a very nicely built and since it was surrounded by trees, it had a quiet, peaceful and serene feel. Having spent about 2 hours looking around the house, we left for home! Dinner at uncle Mike’s was wonderful- home grown lamb and beef, pasta, and local salmon! I’m a little sad that we’re leaving tomorrow… but one has to move on to see more of New Zealand. Life would be much easier if we had 3 weeks instead!